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Thankless Quotes

It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people. Kyra Sedgwick
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk..."
Shall we mourn here deedless forever a shadow-folk mist-haunting dropping vain tears in the thankless sea J. R. R. Tolkien
Don’t get me wrong. Being a mom is no picnic. Raising the kids is the mother’s responsibility. It’s a thankless, solitary job, like sheriff or Pope. Stephen Colbert
My name is on the first leaf. If you can ever write under my name, "Iforgive her," though ever so long after my broken heart is dust pray doit!"O Miss Havisham," said I, "I can do it now. There have been soremistakes; and my life has been a blind and thankless one; and I wantforgiveness and direction far too much, to be bitter with you. Charles Dickens
The role of benefactor is worse than thankless, it's the role of a victim, Doctor, a sacrificial victim, yes, they want your blood, Doctor, they want your blood on the altar steps of their outraged, outrageous egos! Tennessee Williams
Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said Alan. "For just precisely what I thought I liked about ye, was that ye never quarrelled:—and now I like ye better! Robert Louis Stevenson
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. Sunday dinner isn't sunny. Easter feasts are just bad luck. When you see it from the viewpoint of a chicken or a duck. Oh how I once loved tuna salad Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too Till I stopped and looked at dinner From the dinner's point of view. Shel Silverstein
Hear, nature, hear; dear goddess, hear! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend. To make this creature fruitful! Into her womb convey sterility! Dry up in her the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring. A babe to honour her! If she must teem, Create her child of spleen; that it may live, And be a thwart disnatured torment to her! Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth; With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks; Turn all her mother's pains and benefits. To... William Shakespeare
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse. Julius Irving
August Strindberg quote: "That is the thankless position of the father in the family -..."
That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for all, and the enemy of all. August Strindberg
William Shakespeare quote: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless..."
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! William Shakespeare
Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever. George Orwell
Francois Truffaut quote: "I've always had the impression that real militants are like..."
I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. Francois Truffaut
Thomas Jefferson quote: "I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and..."
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. Thomas Jefferson
Felix Adler quote: "The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and..."
The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one. Felix Adler

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